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Special Education Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 23: Identification, Causes, Problems of Backward

and Delinquent Children

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
23.1 Identification of Backward Children
23.2 Etiology of Backwardness (Causes)
23.3 Problem of Backward Children
23.4 Educational Provision of Backward Children
23.5 Identification of Delinquent Children
23.6 Etiology of Delinquent Children or Delinquency (Causes)
26.7 Problems of Delinquent Children
23.8 Summary
23.9 Keywords
23.10 Review Questions
23.11 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below:
• to discuss about identification of backward children.
• to describe the causes and problems of backward children.
• to explain about the educational provisions of backward.
• to know about identification of delinquent children.
• to analysis about the causes and problems of delinquent children.

Introduction

One of every six students that are in the classroom today has been calcification as backward child or
slow learner. Usually this type of child is very difficult to recognition backward child is the students
with below average cognitive abilities who are not disabled in this unit. We will discuss about
backward children, their identification, causes and problems as well as delinquent children. Juvenile
delinquency, substance abuse and violent behaviors among children have increased dramatically
over the last 20 years. It is to be believed that the increasing delinquency rate has been caused by the
signification emphasis placed on sociological theories and the rehabilitative program as a developed
and implemented.

23.1 Identification of Backward Children

Backwardness may be identified by employing formal and informal methods. The observation
technique is most commonly used by teachers and parents or guides, counsellors and researcher.
The following are the four methods which are used for this purpose.
1. Observation method, 2. Mental Tests, 3. Achievement test and 4. Personality, adjustment inventory
and Case study.

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